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Health-Care Costs a Top Concern for Small Business Week
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) is highlighting health-care costs as one of its top concerns this National Small Business Week. Amanda Austin, director of Federal Public Policy for the NFIB, said the cost of insurance is the number-one… Read More
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Speakers slam health care law, big government
WELLSBORO – Health care, the natural gas industry and the impact of its development on employment in the Northern Tier were the hot topics at the 16th annual Legislative Breakfast Thursday. Three legislators addressed those at the breakfast, sponsored by… Read More
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Corning Area Chamber to host roundtable on health insurance tax
The Corning Area Chamber of Commerce will host a roundtable discussion of the health insurance tax at the Chamber office at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 27. The discussion will focus on how the health insurance tax will affect businesses, employees… Read More
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Small Business Fights Tax Hike
Tom Susman, Terry Sterling and Erikka Storch want the federal government to realize that small businesses may need to cut jobs because of the Health Insurance Tax. The tax is expected to cost small businesses $87 billion over 10 years… Read More
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Groups Defend, Deride Health Care Law on Its Birthday
Protests, videos, and news conferences greeted the second anniversary of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Friday. No interest group, think tank, or prominent lawmaker wanted to be left out as supporters and opponents jockeyed to have their voices… Read More
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Supreme Court arguments this week on 2-year-old health care law fan old flames of debate
Eric Balenseifen is convinced federal meddling in health insurance is ruining his business, forcing him to pay more for employee coverage each month than he pays to rent the land for his oil-trucking business. Chris Crigler is just as certain… Read More
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‘Small Businesses Are The Key To Our Economic Recovery’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today marks the beginning of National Small Business Week and as thousands of men and women gather to empower small businesses nationwide, members of the Stop The HIT Coalition are using this week to remind Congress that… Read More
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Danner, Bellaman, Tolley and Shay: Congress Must Act on Bipartisan Legislation to Repeal the HIT
Two years have passed since President Barack Obama signed into law the 2010 health care overhaul – and along with it, one of the law’s largest tax increases, the health insurance tax, which falls largely on America’s small businesses. The… Read More
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Support Small Businesses? Stop the HIT
Have you ever noticed sponsorship signs at local schools, charities, fundraisers and other community-related sites? There are some big company names listed, as many large companies have generously donated funds to Jeff Davis Parish causes. Mostly, though, the same names… Read More
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Dan Danner: Attention Candidates — America Trusts Small Business as Key to Economic Recovery
The solution to America’s biggest challenge is small. Small business, that is. Most Americans know and understand that the only way to put the nation’s economy back on its feet is to put people back to work. But that simple… Read More